AUSTRAC

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will be allowed to apply to the courts for fines and disqualification of individuals in relation to AUSTRAC’s proceed...

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Policy & Regulation

Westpac has confirmed the career and salary consequences that has flowed from its AUSTRAC scandal....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds may not have been responsible for the $150,000 early release fraud being investigated by the Australian Federal Policy but their members will ultimat...

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Funds management

Faced with COVID-19 factors, Westpac has announced new and increased provisioning and asset write-downs totalling around $1.4 billion....

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Superannuation

Amid concerns about appropriately identifying superannuation fund members for hardship early release, the Government has said that the Australian Taxation Office alone wi...

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Policy & Regulation

Westpac has been served with a class action by Johnson Winter and Slattery related to market disclosure issues connected to AUSTRAC proceedings....

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Financial planning

The class action by shareholders relates to market disclosure issues that are subject of the AUSTRAC money-laundering scandal....

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Financial planning

The authority has increased the bank’s capital requirement to $1 billion and will focus on directors and senior managers that breached the Banking Act in relation to the ...

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Financial planning

The bank’s chief executive told its annual general meeting that it would recruit 200 people in compliance and financial crime areas....

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Policy & Regulation

Westpac’s AUSTRAC issues saw 3,390 people exit its latest share purchase plan at a cost of $68 million....

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Funds management

In the wake of its money-laundering scandal, most funds that had a high allocation towards the bank managed to recover losses indicating the resilience of big banks....

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Financial planning

Westpac has announced it will provide a share purchase plan withdrawal option for SPP applicants who applied for the plan prior to the AUSTRAC announcement made earlier t...

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Policy & Regulation

Westpac has withheld the bonuses of its most senior executives and some of its general management until it determines who should be held accountable for its alleged AUSTR...

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Financial planning

Fitch Ratings has said that the AUSTRAC proceedings brought against Westpac were credit negative, but will not have an immediate impact on its ratings....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is undergoing a data matching service to ensure an estimated one million people investing in cryptocurrency are paying the right amou...

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